Lords report stage day two: Wednesday 24 October

Members discussed amendments relating to employees' local service contracts, disability awareness training and concessionary fares on rural bus routes, and there were two votes.

Members of the Lords discussed whether or not local authorities should be able to form new companies to run bus services. There was a vote seeking to remove a clause that would have prevented this. Members voted 192 in favour and 180 against, so the change was made.

The second vote was on a change that would have required the secretary of state for transport to publish the objectives for bus services for the next 10 years. 72 members voted for this, with 174 against, so the change was not made.

Lords report stage day one: Wednesday 12 October

Members discussed proposed changes on a range of issues and there were five votes.

The first vote was on an amendment to give local transport authorities the ability to enforce traffic offences. Members voted 216 in favour and 175 against this amendment, so the change was made.

Peers then discussed emissions standards for new local buses, specifically making it mandatory for them to meet standards set out by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. 219 members voted in favour and 178 voted against, so this amendment was passed.

Members then looked at a proposal to make new transport authorities introduce concessions schemes for people aged 16-19. This went to a vote, with 80 votes for and 174 against. The change was not made.

The fourth vote concerned appropriate consultations on creating a new local transport authority. The amendment proposed adding employee representatives to a list of people who must be consulted before any new authority is created. Members voted 189 in favour and 164 against, so this change was made.

The final vote looked at the kinds of local authorities that could opt to set up new bus franchises. The bill originally gave this power only to mayoral combined authorities; the amendment sought to extend this to other kinds of local authorities such as county councils and district councils. The vote on this amendment was 167 for and 150 against. This amendment was also passed.